Description
- Provides a framework that helps practitioners to identify and work with offence-relevant behaviour and evidence pro-social change
- Describes how Offence Paralleling Behaviour (OPB) can be successfully identified and used in risk assessment and treatment planning
- Brings together leading academics and frontline clinicians, including psychiatric nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, drug and alcohol specialists, and correctional officers, as well as featuring the views of prisoners on OPB
- Presents methods which allow staff to identify and use OPB in clinical practice
About the Author
Michael Daffern is a Senior Lecturer with the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University, Consultant Principal Psychologist with Forensicare, and Special Lecturer within the Division of Psychiatry at The University of Nottingham. He has worked in prisons and in general and forensic mental health services.
Lawrence Jones is a clinical forensic psychologist who is Psychologist on the Rampton Hospital, Peaks Unit, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. He has worked with offenders in community, prison, and healthcare settings.
John Shine is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist currently working in the East London and the City Mental Health NHS Trust. He has worked as a Forensic Psychologist for over 20 years in the Prison and Probation Services, including HMP Grendon and HM Inspectorate of Probation.
Reviews
"The OPB framework is a major contribution to applied research and clinical practice so, in my opinion, this book should be viewed as essential reading for anyone working with offender populations." (Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 10 April 2014)
Book Information
ISBN 9780470744475
Author Michael Daffern
Format Paperback
Page Count 364
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 624g
Dimensions(mm) 248mm * 170mm * 28mm
